In case you're not into Christmas, know that Babick has turned his home
at 76th and Falmouth into quite the tourist attraction. He starts
working on it in the fall, and on Thanksgiving night he flips the switch
on enough blinking lights and plastic crap to give the Plaza a run for
its money.
So many people drive by Babick's home that the police sometimes have to turn the block into a one-way street. Even party buses make a stop. The problem isn't that the gawkers are looking up at those lights, feeling themselves touched in a place that's been mostly numb since childhood and inspired to feel the connection between all living things. It's that they park their cars in the neighbors' driveways and piss on the lawns while they do it.
Wednesday night Babick's neighbors met with the Prairie Village police to talk about possible solutions, but Babick was asked not to come to keep things civil. That's a little suspicious, as if there's already been a lot of problems. Babick probably loves the attention, and to be fair, it is his lawn and he should be allowed to do whatever he wants on it. And if he wants to make a spectacle of himself and take the focus off Jesus that's his right. Yes, it probably sucks to have a bunch of aimless, inconsiderate strangers with nothing better to do wandering around your neighborhood, sucking up all the oxygen with their open-mouth breathing, but that's their right, too.
If you feel raw about it, just remember there are plenty of holidays Babick hasn't laid claim to and you've got a lawn of your own. Maybe next Independence Day you decide you love America so much you want the biggest fireworks display in the metro in your yard. I'm sure Babic would understand if people left their SUVs in his driveway to watch. Better yet, start this Thanksgiving. All those people arriving early to see Babick's display light up have probably never seen a turkey butchered the way the pilgrim's did it. Do them a favor. In your driveway. It's your property, after all.
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I used to live on the street. I've since sold my house.
Babick is all about money. Follow the cash. 50,000 vehicles a year according to babick. Each group usually leaves $1 to 2$. All "Babucks" neighbors know it and that's what causes problems!
"Babucks" is no "Secret Santa". Secret Santa was genuinely about Christmas. Babucks is all about the cash. Party buses and aggresive drunks are good business: just ask a stripper.
Perhaps "Babucks" ought to listen to Linus speak about the real meaning of Christmas.
PS: why doesn't someone ask Babick what HUD favorite racial slur is... I bet the baby Jesus loves a good racial slur.
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